I'm in the process of installing a new bathroom & ensuite in my place,
and need some advice in relation to shower pumps. The pump needs to
meet the following requirements:

- it will be situated under a bath - so will need to be double
insulated;

- it will be feeding both the shower in the bathroom and the shower in
the ensuite;

- both showers have 8 inch shower heads (ie - at least 3 bar pressure
required);

- it needs to be relatively quiet !

I've spoken to lots of plumbers merchants and even a few pump
manufacturers - and have had not a lot of luck (they mostly don;t know
what they are talking about). Anyone have any ideas of a pump to fit
this situation ? It's all positive by the way ...

"warwick" wrote in message
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I'm in the process of installing a new bathroom & ensuite in my place,
and need some advice in relation to shower pumps. The pump needs to
meet the following requirements:

- it will be situated under a bath - so will need to be double
insulated;

- it will be feeding both the shower in the bathroom and the shower in
the ensuite;

- both showers have 8 inch shower heads (ie - at least 3 bar pressure
required);

- it needs to be relatively quiet !

I've spoken to lots of plumbers merchants and even a few pump
manufacturers - and have had not a lot of luck (they mostly don;t know
what they are talking about). Anyone have any ideas of a pump to fit
this situation ? It's all positive by the way ...

I wanted more or less the same thing but couldn't find one either.
Luckily when I recently refurbed bathroom I ran two spare 15mm Hep2O from
beneath bath to airing cupboard, just in case, so will fit my pump there.

http://www.pumpexpress.co.uk/

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Geoff
"warwick" wrote in message
om...
I'm in the process of installing a new bathroom & ensuite in my place,
and need some advice in relation to shower pumps. The pump needs to
meet the following requirements:

- it will be situated under a bath - so will need to be double
insulated;

- it will be feeding both the shower in the bathroom and the shower in
the ensuite;

- both showers have 8 inch shower heads (ie - at least 3 bar pressure
required);

- it needs to be relatively quiet !

I've spoken to lots of plumbers merchants and even a few pump
manufacturers - and have had not a lot of luck (they mostly don;t know
what they are talking about). Anyone have any ideas of a pump to fit
this situation ? It's all positive by the way ...

"warwick" wrote in message
om...
I'm in the process of installing a new bathroom & ensuite in my place,
and need some advice in relation to shower pumps. The pump needs to
meet the following requirements:

- it will be situated under a bath - so will need to be double
insulated;

- it will be feeding both the shower in the bathroom and the shower in
the ensuite;

- both showers have 8 inch shower heads (ie - at least 3 bar pressure
required);

- it needs to be relatively quiet !

I've spoken to lots of plumbers merchants and even a few pump
manufacturers - and have had not a lot of luck (they mostly don;t know
what they are talking about). Anyone have any ideas of a pump to fit
this situation ? It's all positive by the way ...
They don't work too well under the bath, thats why you won't see too much
about them being used under the bath. My old house had one (B&Q jobby by
previous owner), waste of time as made a lot of noise for bugger all
increase in pressure, probably being due to the long run of 22m pipe from
the tank not supplying enough flow. Was connected to the 22mm pipes
supplying the bath then 15mm pipe to shower head, the shower head had been
changed to one with not too many holes, probably to keep the pressure up as
when I changed it to what I thought was better, more holes, the pressure was
less (flow more) and the pump tended to cavitate, implying not enough flow
in, unless you turned the shower valve down a bit. Also affected if someone
flushed the loo or ran the bath room tap.

Anyway replaced it with a proper pump in airing cupboard supplied direct
from hot and cold tanks via 22mm pipe (use plastic Hep2O push fit, very
easy) and back up into loft in 15mm to shower in bath room. A monster skin
ripping floor flooding shower if everything was turned up full !!!! I used a
12V Watermill pump http://www.watermillshowers.co.uk/.

In latest house used a Techflow pump, which needed to be bigger to supply
two showers.
http://www.techflow.co.uk/
Again put in airing cupboard, but this time the shower plumbling was already
in the house, I just "inserted" a pump.